Kosovar investigative journalist Jeta Xharra warns that sometimes factions fighting for freedom of speech can later repress freedom of speech from newly won positions of power.She explains how she originally believed rebel groups fighting against Yugoslav forces were the defenders of freedom of speech; however, after they gained power, they attempted to repress free speech, as Xharra and her colleagues became critical of these corrupt former rebel elites. Xharra reveals the three important lessons that she gained from this experience: that reporting in peacetime can be just as challenging as reporting during war, that freedom of speech is not cheap, and that the international community can be a vital allyin the struggle for free speech.
